The 1969 Formula One season was the 23rd season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing. It featured the 20th World Championship of Drivers, the 12th International Cup for F1 Manufacturers and four non-championship races open to Formula One cars. The World Championship was contested over eleven races between 1 March and 19 October 1969.
Briton Jackie Stewart won the first of his three championships.
The McLaren M7C with early 1969 high-position wings attached, in the Donington Grand Prix Collection.
Jackie Stewart driving his Matra with the pre-ban wing design
Jackie Stewart during the Dutch Grand Prix, with his Matra adjusted to the new rules on wings.
Sir John Young Stewart OBE is a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland. Nicknamed the "Flying Scot", he competed in Formula One between 1965 and 1973, winning three World Drivers' Championships and twice finishing as runner-up over those nine seasons. He was the only British driver to win three championships until Lewis Hamilton in 2015.
Stewart at the 2014 6 Hours of Silverstone
Stewart at the 1969 Dutch Grand Prix.
Stewart in 1969 with the Matra MS80 at the Nürburgring.
Stewart in the Tyrrell entered March 701 at the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix.
